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        <p>pow — 
      Computes one argument to the power of another argument.
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        <h2>Description</h2>
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      Computes <span class="emphasis"><em>xarg</em></span> to the power of <span class="emphasis"><em>kpow</em></span> (or <span class="emphasis"><em>ipow</em></span>) and scales the result by <span class="emphasis"><em>inorm</em></span>.
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        <pre class="synopsis">ares <span class="command"><strong>pow</strong></span> aarg, kpow [, inorm]</pre>
        <pre class="synopsis">ires <span class="command"><strong>pow</strong></span> iarg, ipow [, inorm]</pre>
        <pre class="synopsis">kres <span class="command"><strong>pow</strong></span> karg, kpow [, inorm]</pre>
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>inorm</em></span> (optional, default=1) -- The number to divide the result (default to 1). This is especially useful if you are doing powers of a- or k- signals where samples out of range are extremely common!
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        <h2>Performance</h2>
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>aarg</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>iarg</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>karg</em></span> -- the base.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>ipow</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>kpow</em></span> -- the exponent.
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        Use <span class="emphasis"><em>^</em></span> with caution in arithmetical statements, as the precedence may not be correct. New in Csound version 3.493.
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      Here is an example of the pow opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/pow.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">pow.csd</em></a>.
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            <strong>Example 644. Example of the pow opcode.</strong>
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            <p>See the sections <a class="link" href="UsingRealTime.html" title="Real-Time Audio"><em class="citetitle">Real-time Audio</em></a> and <a class="link" href="CommandFlags.html" title="Csound command line"><em class="citetitle">Command Line Flags</em></a> for more information on using command line flags.</p>
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<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="comment">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span>
-odac     <span class="comment">;;;realtime audio out</span>
<span class="comment">;-iadc    ;;;uncomment -iadc if RT audio input is needed too</span>
<span class="comment">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span>
<span class="comment">;-o pow.wav        ; output to audio file</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsInstruments&gt;</span>

<span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100
<span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 32
<span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 2
<span class="ohdr">0dbfs</span>  <span class="op">=</span> 1
    
<span class="oblock">instr</span> 1	<span class="comment">; Lo-Fi sound</span>

kpow	  <span class="op">=</span> 10						<span class="comment">;exponent</span>
kbase	  <span class="opc">line</span> 1, p3, 1.4				<span class="comment">;vary the base</span>
kQuantize <span class="opc">pow</span> kbase, kpow
kQuantize <span class="op">=</span> kQuantize<span class="op">*</span>0.5				<span class="comment">;half the number of steps for each side of a bipolar signal</span>
<span class="opc">printk2</span>	  kQuantize
asig	  <span class="opc">diskin2</span> "fox.wav", 1, 0, 1			<span class="comment">;loop the fox</span>
asig	  <span class="op">=</span> <span class="opc">round</span>(asig <span class="op">*</span> kQuantize) <span class="op">/</span> kQuantize		<span class="comment">;quantize and scale audio signal</span>
    	  <span class="opc">outs</span> asig, asig  

<span class="oblock">endin</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsInstruments&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsScore&gt;</span>

<span class="stamnt">i</span>1 0 19.2

<span class="stamnt">e</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsScore&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
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      Its output should include lines like these:
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 i1     0.50000
 i1     0.50007
 i1     0.50014
.......
 i1    14.45986
 i1    14.46130
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            <td>Author: Paris Smaragdis</td>
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            <td>MIT, Cambridge</td>
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            <td>1995</td>
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